hatchy69

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Ok so I have a 96 ls swap into my EH2 the motor has about 90k miles. I have the regular shyt like intake, cat bak and I'm gettin headers soon, so I'm guessing I'm goin to have around 150 hp? That's just a quick estamite I'm prolly wrong but anyways the point of this thread is becuase I wanna do some more stuff to get up to maybe 160-175 hp, I know I can put a vtec head n do ls/vtec but I'd rather just try to do a lil more with my ls motor. Can u guys help me out real quick and give me some ideas of what I can do to it to get more hp out of it. Thanks

Lewy. Dee Ayy

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cam's then a tune.

Turbo_y8

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O RLY

cams in a ls vtec set up

MR.johnson

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yes you are, you maybe have 120 at the wheels. my ls with header,intake. made 129.

fmrprojects

get some valvetrain and crower 403 cams and you will make 160hp. my homie had just basic bolt ons with his LS 5 yrs ago and made 140hp 121 tq

mugenEGG

Its so cliche, but ls/vtec will yield the most power out of that thing for the least amount of money

hatchy69

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Thanks guys for all your ideas ill make sure to keep these in mind, how bout like a Edelbrok or how ever you spell it intake-man? Would there be any good hp gains from that?

mugenEGG

most likely yes....but its not like your gonna get 50 whp from an intake manifold.....listen to these guys...get cams a good tune and if you wanna be an all motor guy then get some different pistons

b18b1turbo

go ls/v.you get the goods of both worlds.torque and hp

mugenEGG

ya....like i said its so cliche but ls/v ftw fur sure

hatchy69

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Yea that makes sense about getting both hp and torque, quick estimite how much hp would I have? Say if I used a gsr head? I'm not sure if it makes a differnce but I replaced the water pump and timming belt about 3 months ago and I probably only put like 600 miles since I put the ls in and the water pump and timming belt. Ppl told me wen u replace the belt and water pump u restore a lil hp

blinx9900

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im sure you can boost it for the same price it costs to go lsv maybe a little more $. and have a lot more hp.&tq

chadalac1712

my friend made alittle over 185whp on his ls motor. he has crower cams skunk2 gears. vavle springs/retainers. racing manifold. 310injectors with fuel rail. and a tune.

forcefedferio

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im sure you can boost it for the same price it costs to go lsv maybe a little more $. and have a lot more hp.&tq</TD></TR></TABLE>

maybe with an ssautochrome turbo kit but agreed and then you can always keep the turbo and run a turbo ls/vtec in the future

as far as cheap turbo kits are concerned im a strong believer in you get what you pay for....a guy i know had a T25 ssauto kit on his single cam 6th gen and was running 13.6's before he sold the car to my friend...the turbo that came with the kit lasted about 2 years which i'd say through all the abuse that'd be $650 well spent for the whole kit. i mean it's no 3071 or 35R but like i said you get what you pay for.

ghostrider dc2

that is hard to believe^^^^

forcefedferio

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wouldnt believe it myself if i didnt see it

leeminho86

Check out this thread: https://honda-tech.com/zerothread?id=1765855

I wouldn't recommend an aftermarket intake mani because you suffer noticeably down low, I would recommend getting a 64-65mm tb and port matching the stock im. A good set of cams, valvetrain, headwork, and p30 pistons would make it considerably quicker, especially with a good tune.

Edit: Oh yeah, probably one of the biggest differences could be a different tranny. If you're sticking with all-motor look into a b16 or gsr tranny, world of difference compared to the ls tranny.

mugenEGG

tranny! yea for sure a different tranny...id get a gsr..but definatly read the thread leeminho86 just posted you will learn mucho

jdm94eg

peice together a turbo kit, might take you a little longer but will be worth it in the long run just my $.02

Eran

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Reground cams (Delta Cams in Tacoma is a great place), GSR transmission, and a decent street tune.

blinx9900

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as far as cheap turbo kits are concerned im a strong believer in you get what you pay for....a guy i know had a T25 ssauto kit on his single cam 6th gen and was running 13.6's before he sold the car to my friend...the turbo that came with the kit lasted about 2 years which i'd say through all the abuse that'd be $650 well spent for the whole kit. i mean it's no 3071 or 35R but like i said you get what you pay for.</TD></TR></TABLE>

wow wow, never said anything about a china fab kit, how much is a good lsv i was guessing like 1500? you can piece together a decent turbo kit with brand name parts (some used some new) for about that. like someone said, it may take a little more time and maybe a little more $$ for tunning etc, but it will put down a lot more power and can still be used if he goes lsv down the line. either option lsv or boost is good, i would prefer boost first though.

mugenEGG

bullllshhhat.....lsv costs maybe 750 at the most a b16 head is only like 500 bucks and an lsv kit is only 150

B18CivicEH2

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yea man...LS heads love boost...you'll love an Boosted LS....but i also say go LSVTEC, im building an LSVTEC myself looking for 220hp all motor....so either way...

B18CivicEH2

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not quite...its gonna cost more if you wanna have a very reliable motor...750 for head and lsv kit, yea....but u gonna need more than that....plus labor if you dont know how to do your own work, tunnin....all adds up

to the OP: read this..
https://honda-tech.com/zero...age=1

mk2machine

Dude your not gonna get drastic performance increase unless you rip that engine wide open. Sure you can put a performance cam but its only going to increase by 5 hp tops because itll reduce compression. A cat-back is a joke with a honda, itll give you 4 hp. Like someone said earlier, your probably getting 120 to the wheels tops providing that its a manual. Just rip off the fart can exhaust and go full-race with a straight pipe out the side. Theres your problem.